First off I have a few disclaimers for this recipe. Yes, they are peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, but they aren't very peanut buttery. The peanut butter just adds a bit of depth and a slight flavor, so if you aren't a huge peanut butter fan, don't be afraid. This isn't going to be like eating a Reese's cup. Also, I once again have no pictures. I planned on posting the recipe if the cookies turned out well, but I wasn't sure that was going to happen, so I didn't take pictures along the way. I was going to take pictures of the end result, but I found out my camera battery was dead...oh well. Just use your imagination. They look like cookies.
Ingredients:
5 TBS butter, softened
1/4 c peanut butter
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 c flour
1/2 c whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup (1/2 bag) chocolate chips (I use the dark chocolate kind)
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Cream together the butter, peanut butter, sugars, egg and vanilla until smooth. Smooth means no little butter chunks. Add the dry ingredients,(the flours, baking soda and salt). Mix until well combined. Add the chocolate chips and stir until they are evenly incorporated. Pull out your favorite cookie sheets, grease them, and drop rounded teaspoonfuls of cookie dough on them, about 1 1/2 inches apart. Next you are going to want to bake! 8-10 min in your 350 degree oven should do the trick. Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet for a minute or two before transferring them to a wire rack. My yield was 28 cookies.
If you don't have any wheat flour, you can just use all white flour, not a problem, but the wheat flour does add a little something. There is just something about wheat flour that add a nice chewiness, it isn't just a health food ploy. Besides, most of us could use a bit more fiber in our lives anyhow. Dark chocolate chips are nice too, I highly recommend them. (Of course, dark chocolate makes everything better in my opinion). If you want to use a whole bag of chocolate chips, just double the recipe. There are only 2 of us in my house, so we don't need a ton of cookies, otherwise I would have likely just made the recipe double in the first place.
Feels good to have my first dessert post, enjoy.
